“Hey, this.” Zhang Xu felt a little reluctant, but she could only sigh inwardly. In this world, human life seemed to be just a string of numbers, never receiving any pity. This was true of the previous disaster in Chen State, of the people in the village, and now of Chunhua. Life vanished too quickly, so much so that she didn’t have time to lament.

Yan Chenghuan clapped his hands indifferently, stood up, and removed the barrier. He then kicked the lifeless Chunhua away.

A series of clanging and banging sounds came from outside. The gate was wide open, and the courtyard was brightly lit by firelight and the pale moonlight on the horizon.

"If you don't hand over the person, I'll tear down this dilapidated yard of yours!" A sweet female voice came from inside the yard.

The voice sounded somewhat familiar.

"Oh dear, my little aunt, the person really didn't come to my place. Where am I supposed to find them to give to you?" Her charming voice sounded somewhat helpless.

"I don't care, let me search. I've searched the whole city, and I haven't found him here yet. He must be here with you," the sweet female voice said again.

"Oh dear! My little ancestor, I'm begging you! The people living here are all temperamental. If you search their rooms in the middle of the night and offend them, how am I supposed to do business? Can you go back first? I'll go find the person myself later. Once I find the person you mentioned, I'll definitely bring them to your residence by kidnapping, okay?"

Pushing open the window, one could see two groups of people confronting each other in the courtyard. The woman in the lead of one group was none other than Zhuang Xiyue, while the other group was none other than Sister Feng, the owner of Chunfeng Inn, who was blocking the stairwell with a group of people, trying to stop Zhuang Xiyue from searching the building.

Hearing the noise outside, the doors in the small building opened one after another, and people came out one after another wearing coats.

"Miss, look, everyone's out here. All the people who live here are here. See if the person you're looking for is here. If not, you can go back!" Sister Feng smiled obsequiously, but there was no respect in her eyes. Her words were sincere, but her expression showed no respect whatsoever.

Just as Zhang Xu was about to sigh at how difficult things must have been for this person, she saw Zhuang Xiyue raise the whip in her hand: "Knowing I'm going to arrest him, why isn't he hiding? Do you think I'm stupid? Do you think he'd step forward on his own?"

Sister Feng was caught in a dilemma. Her beautiful eyes darted around, as if she had frightened something cruel.

"Young Miss, if you really do this, this matter will reach the city lord's ears..."

Zhuang Xiyue's previously relatively stable emotions suddenly exploded, and she lashed out with her whip, knocking Feng Jie to the ground.

"There's no place in Miluo City that I, Zhuang Xiyue, can't search," Zhuang Xiyue's voice was unusually cold. "And no one has dared to threaten me."

As she spoke, Zhuang Xiyue leaped up to the second floor.

Sister Feng had no way to deal with her and could only watch helplessly as Zhuang Xiyue led her men to turn the inn upside down.

Seeing that the search of the first and second floors was almost complete, and the group was heading towards the third floor, Yan Chenghuan shook his head and said, "Let's go back and rest! We still have things to do tomorrow!"

"Didn't you say you were an old friend of hers? Aren't you going to say hello?"

Zhang Xu had her back to him, so she couldn't see the mocking look on Yan Chenghuan's face: "Some old friends don't need to be seen again. It's better to leave them in the past."

[This character might be related to Yan Chenghuan's background. Let's find a way to reunite them.] Sixty-five suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

[Yan Chenghuan doesn't even want to see me, how am I supposed to get them to recognize each other? Couldn't you have come out at a more opportune time?] Zhang Xu complained helplessly.

"No, no, no! Look, this is related to his background. The sooner you finish investigating, the sooner you can go back!"

Yan Chenghuan leaned against the door, watching Zhang Xu standing outside in a daze: "You sleep at the table, I'll sleep on the bed. If you don't come in soon, you'll just have to stand here by the door."

Zhang Xu tugged at the door he was about to close and said with a forced smile, "No, no, no, wait a little longer. Let's rest after she's finished searching. Otherwise, we can't rest while she's making such a fuss!"

Yan Chenghuan looked at her and said, "Let her search, I'll rest. What's the big deal?"

"But, isn't it good for us to lower our heads a little when we're on someone else's turf?" Zhang Xu's explanation was halting, and she felt even more ashamed under Yan Chenghuan's piercing gaze.

"Do you want peace or do you want me to meet with her?" Yan Chenghuan's voice, which sounded like a half-smile, rang out above her head.

Zhang Xu raised her head in disbelief.